October 19, 2024

🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2024-10-19

This week, I highlight stories you might've missed during Friday's news lull.

🙏 And a big thanks to all our sponsors! 🙏

(Scroll to the end…)

By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.

Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀

Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.

In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.

Insert Let's See Who This Really Is Meme

Techmeme: Sources: the US is probing if TSMC has been making AI or smartphone chips for Huawei in breach of US sanctions, including Huawei buying chips via intermediaries (Qianer Liu/The Information)

By Qianer Liu / The Information. View the full context on Techmeme.

Insert Ceiling Cat Meme

Techmeme: X updates its ToS to steer any disputes by users to the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, whose judges often favor conservative litigants (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

By Nate Raymond / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

Insert We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This Meme

Techmeme: Byju's founder Byju Raveendran says his edtech startup, valued at $22B in 2022, is effectively “worth zero”, and that he made mistakes and mistimed the market (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

By Manish Singh / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Insert That Wasn't Me, That Was Patricia Meme

Techmeme: Students, academics, and developers say AI writing detectors are most likely to falsely flag essays written in a more generic manner as written by AI tools (Bloomberg)

From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Insert Anthony Adams Rubbing Hands Meme

Techmeme: The US Treasury says its enhanced detection tools, including AI, helped in the prevention and recovery of $4B+ in fraudulent payments in FY 2024, up over 6x YoY (Todd Feathers/Gizmodo)

By Todd Feathers / Gizmodo. View the full context on Techmeme.

Note: Some images via Unsplash

Disclosure

I am linking to my disclosure.

Cuthrell Consulting LLC
Attn: Jay Cuthrell
1903 Live Oak St #92
Beaufort, NC 28516-0092

---

To learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact us. 🤓

This section of the newsletter is meant to fund the services stack that enables readership growth and continue free editions to be published each week.

And now, a word from our sponsors

Note: This pseudo-randomized sponsored portion of the newsletter contains referral links that may financially benefit this newsletter.

NexusTek

Is your AWS environment operating at its full potential? You could get an AWS environment assessment worth $5,000 that uncovers opportunities to optimize performance, enhance security, and reduce costs. Our readers can get an AWS environment assessment for FREE! Check out NexusTek’s AWS Well-Architected Review!

Buttondown

If you're looking for a great newsletter platform, I use and recommend Buttondown. Our readers can get $9 off your first month of Buttondown.

Linode

If you are looking for a reliable virtual private server with simple cloud billing math, I use and recommend Akamai Linode. Our readers can get a $100, 60-day credit on Akamai Linode.

⚠️ This content is not legal or financial advice. ⚠️